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ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION 



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or California, 



INCORPORATED NOVEMBER 18, 1881 



Office, -No.' lo California St., San Francisco. 



SAN FRANCISCO. 

Payot, Upham fc Co., Stationkrs an)> Printf.hs, 

20-4 Stinsome Street. 

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ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION 



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BY-LAWS 



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Of California. 



INCORPORATED NOVEMBER 18, ISSl 



Ofnce, No. 10 California St., San Francisco. 



SAN FEANCISCO. 

Payot, Upham & Co., Stationers and Printers, 

204 Sansome Street. 

1882. 



OFFICERS. 

ARTHUK R. BEIGGS, President, 
Wm. L. merry, Vice-President, 
W. STEINHART, Treasurer, 
J. A. JOHNSON, Secretary, 
C. H. STREET, Land Officer. 

BOARD OF DIRECTORS. 

J as. Pi. Kelly, AV. N. Haavley, 

Wm. L. Merry, W. Steinhart, 

Jas. Duffy, T. Ij. Barker, 

Wm. Blanding, . J. Y. Webster, 

Arthur R. Briggs. 

executive com3iittee. 

Jas. Pt. Kelly, Wm. Blanding, 

T. L. Barker, J. V. AYebster. 

Arthur R. Briggs. 

members of association. 

Jas. R. Kelly, J. A. Folger, 

W. W. Dodge, W. N. Hawley, 

AYm. L. Merry, AY. Steinhart, 

Jules Cerf, Henry Casanova, 

Henry Payot, Geo. K. Porter, 

M. Ehrman, Jas. Duffy, 

T. L. Barker, W3i. Blanding, 

Arthur E. Briggs, C. AY. AYhitney, 

J. A^ AA'ebster, John C. Hall, 

C. F. Bassett, a. a. Wheeler. 



ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION 

OF THE 

IMMIGRATION ASSOCIATION 

OF CALIFORNIA. 

Know all Men by these Pbesents, That we, the 
undersigned, have associated ourselves together 
for the 23urpose of incorporating, and do hereby- 
incorporate under the provisions of Title XII, Part 
IV, Division First of the Civil Code of the State of 
California. And we hereby certify 

First, That the name of said Incorporation is 
The Immigration Association of California. 

Second, That the objects of this incorporation 
are 

1st. To encourage immigration into California 
of agriculturists, artisans and such other persons 
(except Mongolians) as wall be likely to become- 
permanent residents and citizens of this State. 

2d. To obtain and disseminate such information 
as can be obtained "from reliable sources in refer- 
ence to lands which may be purchased; climate; 
character of soil and its productions ; opportunities 
for obtaining building material and fuel; w^ater sup- 



ply; transportation facilities; location with reference 
to markets, towns, schools, etc., and any and all 
practical information (with maps and statistics cf 
California) which may be beneficial to immigrants 
seeking homes; to have the same compiled and 
published in different languages, when necessary, 
and distributed in the States east of the Rocky 
Mountains, and in Europe. 

3d. To establish an immigration office in the 
City and County of San Francisco, State of Cali- 
fornia; to appoint agents of said Corporation else- 
'where whenever it is thought practicable; to dis- 
tribute information, and to solicit immigrants to 
come to California; to assist immigrants in secur- 
ing safe and inexpensive transportation, and to 
render them such other assistance as the Corporation 
may be able to render them while en route, and 
until the}^ are settled in said State. 

Third, That the j)rincipal place of business of 
this Corporation shall be in the City and County 
'of San Francisco, State of California. 

Fourth, That the term of its existence shall be 
fifty years from and after the date of its incorpora- 
tion. 

Fifth, That the number of its Directors shall be 
nine (five of whom shall be members of the Board 



of Trade of San Francisco, and four who shall not 
be members of said Board of Trade, but who shall 
be residents and citizens of the State of California). 
That the names and residences of those who have 
been elected for the first year are as follows, viz 

James R. Kelly, of the Cit}^ and County of San 
Francisco, Cal. 

W. N. Hawley, of the City and County of San 
Francisco, Cal. 

AVm. L. Meeey, of the City and County of San 
Francisco, Cal. 

Wm. Steinhart, of the City and County of San 
Francisco, Cal. 

James Duffy, of the City and County of San 
Francisco, Cal. 

T. L. Barker, of the City of Oakland, County 
of Alameda, Cal. 

Wm. Blanding, of the City and County of San 
Francisco, Cal. 

Arthur R. Briggs, of the City and County of 
San Francisco, Cal. 

J. V. Webster, of the City of Oakland, County 
of Alameda, Cal. 

That each and all of said Directors were at the 
time of their election citizens of the United States, 
and of the State of California. 



Sixth J That this Corporation has no capital stock 
or shares, and that its object is not pecuniary profit. 

Seventh, We further certify that the Directors 
above named were duly elected b}^ the members of 
The Immigration Association of California ^ 
hereby incorporated at a meeting held on the 18th 
day of November, A. D. 1881, at the rooms of the 
Board of Trade, in the City and County of San 
Francisco. That at said meeting these articles of 
incorporation were adopted, and that the above 
named Directors were elected by a majority of the 
members of the Association, who were present and 
voted at such election, to serve for one year, or 
until their successors are elected and qualified. 

In witness whereof we have hereunto subscribed 
our names this nineteenth day of November, A. D. 
1881. 

James E. Kelly, J. V. Webster, 

J. Duffy, AY. W. Dodge, 

William L. Merry, Hy. Casanova, 

AYm. Blanding, J as. a. Folger. 

Henry Payot, M. Ehrman, 

T. L. Barker, J. Cerf, 

Wm. Steiniiart, Geo. K. Porter, 

C. W. Whitney, Alfred A. Wheeler, 

AY. N. Hawley, John C. Hall, 

Arthur R. Briggs, C. F. Bassett, 



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STATE OF CALIFOENIA, ^^ 

City and County of San Francisco, | ' 

On this twenty-fiist clay of November, A. D. 
One thousand eight hundred and eighty-one, be- 
fore me, Holland Smith, a Notary Public in and 
for said City and County of San Francisco, residing- 
therein, duly commissioned and sworn, personally 
appeared, James E. Kelly, J. Duffy, William L. 
Merry, Wm. Blanding, Henry Payot, T. L. 
Barker, Wm. Steinhart, C. W. Whitney, W. N. 
Hawley, Arthur E. Briggs, J. V. Webster, 
AY. A¥. Dodge, Hy. Casanova, Jas. A. Folger, M. 
Ehrman, J. Cerf, Geo. K. Porter, Alfred A. 
Wheeler, John C. Hall, and C. F. Bassett, known 
to me to be the persons described in and v>hose 
names are subscribed to the annexed instrument, 
and they severally acknowledged to me that they 
executed the same. 

In witness whereof, 1 have 'hereunto set my 
hand and affixed my official seal at my office, in the 
City and County of San Francisco, the day and 
year last above w^ritten. 

Holland Smith, 

Notary Public. 
[seal.] No. o07 MoDtgomeiy Street. 



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STATE OF CALIFORNIA, ^^ 

City and County of San Francisco, 

James R. Kelly aud Wm. L. Merry first being 
duly sworn, eacli says for himself and not one for 
the other, that he has read the foregoing* certificate 
and articles of incorporation of The Immigration 
Association of California, and well knows the con- 
tents thereof. That he the said Kelly, and he the 
said Merry, are the officers who conducted the 
election for Directors mentioned in said certificate 
and said articles of incorporation. That they 
and each of them, conducted said election as there- 
in mentioned, to- wit: The said James R. Kelly 
acting as President aud the said WxM. L. Merri' 
acting as Secretary. That they, and each of them, 
were at said time and are now members of said 
Association, and residents of the State of California, 
That at said election a majority of the members of 
said Association were present and voted, and that 
all and singular the matters and things set out in 
said certificate and in said articles of incorporation 
are true to each of these affiants' knowledge. 

James R. Kelly, 
William L. Merry. 

Subscribed and sworn to before me this 21st d ly 
of November, A. D. 1881. 

Holland Smith, 
[seal.] Notary Public. 



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STATE OF CALIFORNIA, | ^ 

City and County of San Francisco, j 

I, David Wilder, County Clerk ol the City and 
County of San Francisco, State of California, here- 
by certify the foregoing- to be a full, true and 
correct copy of the original articles of incorporation 
of The Immigration Association of California, 
filed in my office on the twenty-first day of -No- 
vember, A. D. 1881. 

Attest my hand and official seal, this 21st day of 
November, A. D. 1881. 

David Wilder, 
[seal.] County Clerk. 

By D. C. Van Nostrand, 

Deputy County Clerk. 



CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION. 

STATE OF CALIFORNIA, > 

Department of State. S 

Sacramento, Nov. 23, 1881. 
I, D. M. Burns, Secretary of the State of Cali- 
fornia, do hereby certify that a copy of Articles of 
Incorporation, duly certified by the County Clerk 
of San Francisco County, was filed in this office on 
the 23d day of November, A. D. 1881, containing 
the followinof statement of facts: 



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First, That the name of the Corporation is The 
Immigration Association of California. 

Second, That the purposes for which it is formed 
are : 

1st. To encourage immigration into California ol 
agriculturists, artisans and such other x^ersons (ex- 
cept Mongolians) as will be likely to become per- 
manent residents and citizens of this State. 

2d. To obtain and disseminate such information 
as can be obtained from reliable sources in reference 
to lands which may be purchased; climate: char- 
acter of soil and its productions; opportunities for 
obtaining building material and fuel; water sup- 
ply; transportation facilities; location with refer- 
ence to markets, towns, schools, etc., and any and 
all practical information (with maps and statistics 
of California) which may be beneficial to immigrants 
seeking homes; to have the same compiled and 
published in different languages, when necessary, 
and distributed in the States east of the Rocky 
Mountains, and in Europe. 

3d. To establish an immigration office in the 
City and County of San Francisco, State of Cali- 
fornia; to api)oint agents of said Corporation else- 
where whenever it is thought practicable; to dis- 
tribute information, and to solicit immigrants to 
come to California; to assist immigrants in secur- 



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ing- safe and inexpensive transportation, and to 
render them such other assistance as the Corpora- 
tion may be able to render them while en route, and 
until they are settled in said State. 

Third, The place where its princi^Dal business is 
to be transacted, is the City and County of San 
Francisco, State of California. 

Fourth, That the term for which it is to exist is 
fifty years. 

Fifili, That the number of its Directors or Trus- 
tees is nine, and the names and residences of those 
who are to act as Directors or Trustees for the first 
year are, James R. Kelley, W. N. Hawley, Wm. 
L. Merry, Wm. Steinhart, James Duffy, Wm. Blan- 
DiNG and Arthur R. Brings, of Sar Francisco, State 
of California, and T, L, Barker -and J. V. Web- 
ster, of Oakland, State of California. 

Witness my hand and the great seal of State, at 
office in Sacramento, California, the 2od day of 
November, A. D. 1881. 

D. M. Burns, 

[l. s.l Secietary of State. 

By Thos. H, Reynolds, 

Deputy. 



BY-LAWS 



Name ov Organization. 
Sec. 1. This organization shall be known as 
The Immigration Association of California. 

Membership. 

Sec. 2. The number of the acting members of this 
Association shall be fweiiff/, and each member shall 
be entitled to one vote at any meeting of the As- 
sociation, but only when present in person. Twelve 
members of this Association shall be members of 
the Board of Trade of San F^rancisco, and eight 
shall be citizens and residents of the State of Cali- 
fornia, who are not members of said Board of 
Trade. 

Vacancies in the membership shall be filled by 
the remaining members, within thirt}* days after 
the date they are reported to the officers of the As- 
sociation. 

No membership shall be deemed or held to give 
any member any right, title or interest, in or to, or 
share in, the property of the Association other than 
that provided in Articles of Incorporation and in 
the By-Laws of the Association. 



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Election. 

Sec. 3. There shall be elected immediately 
af ter the adoption of these Bj'-Laws (and each year 
thereafter) nine Directors from the members of the 
Association, who shall serve for one year, or until 
their successors are elected and qualified. Five 
members of the Board of Directors shall be mem- 
bers of the Board of Trade of San Francisco, and 
four members of the Board of Directors shall not 
be members of said Board of Trade. 

The Board of Directors shall exercise the powers 
of and general supervision over the Association. 
The Association shall haAX power to fill vacancies 
in the Board of Directors as they occur, from mem- 
bers of the Association. 

Ail elections of the Association and of the Board 
of Directors shall be by ballot. 

Officers and Executive Committee. 

Sec. 4. At the first meeting of the Board of 
Directors (and at the first meeting of said Board to 
be holden after each annual meeting of the Associa- 
tion), there shall be elected by the Board a 'Presi- 
dent, a Vice-President, a Treasurer, and a Secre- 
tary'. The Secretary shall not be a member of the 
Board of Directors, and need not be ^ member of 
the Association. The Secretary and Treasurer of 



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ihe Association shall be required to give bonds, 
the amount of which shall be fixed from time to 
time by the Board of Directors. 

All officers, agents and employes of the Asso- 
ciation shall hold their offices at the pleasure of 
the Board of Directors. 

The Board shall also elect four of its number, 
who together with the President (or in his absence 
the Vice-President), shall constitute an Executive 
Committee to administer the business and affairs 
of the Association according to the general rules, 
>^gulations and instructions of the Board of Di- 
^^rectors. Vacancies in the Executive Committee 
shall be filled by the Board of Directors. 

Ee VENUE. 

Sec. 5. The revenue of the Association shall 
be derived from the following sources: From suh- 
scriptions, for which no special consideration shall 
be derived from the Association. From such other 
sources as in the opinion of the Board of Directors 
can be made available, and which will not impair 
the efficiency nor be inconsistent with the objects 
of the Association. 

The Association mai/ acquire properti/, but only 
such as is necessary for the promotion of the ob- 
jects of the Association. It shall not engage in 
the selling of lands for profit. 



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The Association shall have no power to assess 
its members. 

EeCEIPTS and DiSBURSEMExN'TS. 

Sec. 6. All monies shall be received by the Sec- 
retary (who shall keep the books of the Association) 
and be deposited by him with the Treasurer. No 
money shall be drawn from the Treasury except 
on checks signed by the President (or acting Presi- 
dent) and the Secretary. No debts shall be con- 
tracted for or money expended to an amount ex- 
ceeding Fifty Dollars, unless j)reviously ordered 
by the Executive Committee. 

Compensation. 
Sec. 7. No officer of the Asoociation shall re- 
ceive compensation, except the Secretary, whose 
compensation shall be lixed from time to time by 
the Board of Directors. 

Honorary Members. 
Sec. 8. The Association shall have power 
to elect Honorary Members from citizens of 
San Francisco or elsewhere. Honorary members 
shall not be entitled to vote or be eligible to office. 
The Board of Directors may appoint any honorary 
member to act as the agent or representative of the 
Association in the town, county or country where 
he mav reside. 



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Agents. 

Sec. 9. The Board of Directors shall endeavor 
to secure a correspondent (who shall be a resident 
of the county he represents) for the Association in 
every county in the State, to co-operate with and 
to promote the objects of this Association. 
AnnuaTj Meetings. 

Sec 10. The Annual Meeting of the Associa- 
tion shall be held on the Third Tuesday of Novem- 
ber of each year, at which meeting the President, 
the Treasurer and the Secretary shall make reports. 
Their reports shall contain a statement of the income, 
(expenditures, assets and liabilities of the Associa- 
tion for the tiscal year. The correctness of these 
statements shall be certified to before presentation, 
by a Committee appointed by the Board of Direct- 
ors for that purpose, which shall make personal 
examination into the affairs of the Association be- 
fore such certification is given. There shall also 
be a report in detail by the Executive Committee, 
exhibiting the transactions of the Association for the 
year. 

T'he Secretary shall make a monthly report to 
the Board of Directors showing the financial con- 
dition^of the'Association. 

Meetings of the Board. 

Sec 11. The regular meetings of the Board of 



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Directors shall be held monthly on the Third Tues- 
day of each month. Special meetings may be 
called at any time at the direction of the Executive 
Committee, or by the President, at the request, in 
writing, of three members of the Board of Di- 
rectors. 

Special Meetings of the Association. 

Sec. 12. Special meetings of the Association 
may be called at any time at the discretion of the 
Executive Committee. A meeting of the Associ- 
ation shall be called by the President at any time 
on the written request of five members. All notices 
of meetings shall be given by letter or circular, or 
by such newspapers as the Executive Committee 
may designate. Notices of meetings shall be 
given not less than five days in advance. 
Quorum. 

Sec. 13. At all meeting's of the Association 
(except for amendment to the By-Laws), of the 
Board of Directors, and of the Executive (commit- 
tee, a majority shall constitute a quorum. 
Amendment to By-Laws. 

Sec. 14. The By-Laws may be amended at any 
meeting of the Association, due notice having been 
given in the call of the meeting, of the proposed 
amendment. But no amendment shall be made 
with less than fifteen concurrent afiirmative votes. 



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